Ajai Lamba, former Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court, resigned as chairperson of the three-member Commission of Inquiry set up by the Union Home Ministry in 2023 to probe Manipur’s ethnic violence. He will be replaced by former Supreme Court judge Balbir Singh Chauhan, leading the Leh violence inquiry.
Former Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court, Justice Siddharth Mridul, spoke about hidden forces causing violence in Manipur. At a panel discussion, he said, “Whenever the situation appears to return to normalcy, someone injects a fresh dose of violence.” His remarks point to deliberate attempts to disturb peace in the region. These comments have started conversations about the reasons behind the ongoing unrest.
In a significant development, the Manipur High Court has ordered a status quo to be maintained at the proposed burial site in Haolai Khopi village of Churchandpur district, where the Kuki-Zo community had planned a burial service for 35 people killed in the ongoing violence in the state. The order comes in light of the […]
